George E. Pugh

George Ellis Pugh (28 November 1822-19 July 1876) was a US Senator from Ohio (D) from 4 March 1855 to 4 March 1861, interrupting Salmon P. Chase's terms.

Biography
George Ellis Pugh was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1822, and he became a lawyer in 1843. He served as a US Army captain during the Mexican-American War, and he served in the state legislature before serving as the Ohio Attorney General from 1852 to 1854 and in the US Senate from 1855 to 1861. He supported Stephen A. Douglas against his opponents in Illinois, and he opposed a federal slave code. He died in 1876.